Eighty years ago, two strangers with alcohol addictions talked on the phone and found support in each other. This was the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous, which today has more than two million ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Health. Followed categories will be added to My News. EVERYONE should try doing a 12-Step Program. Not just alcoholics, gamblers, drug addicts and people addicted ...

Alcoholics Anonymous is demanding the return of its 1939 original manuscript describing the Twelve Step programme of recovery from addiction. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services has sued an Alabama ...

The 12-step program aims to help people attain abstinence from substance use disorders or make a behavioral change through peer support. This intervention provides a supportive social network and ...

A few weeks ago, while listening to the radio, I heard about a podcast called The 13th Step. As a social psychologist, I was familiar with the 12-step program advocated by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to ...

I have a different take on 12-step programs than Mr. Kowalski (“Be smart about drug policy,” Our Readers’ Views, Oct. 4). In rare occasions a judge might sentence a DUI case to Alcoholics Anonymous.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Alcoholics have one, and so do drug abusers. Now people addicted to e-mail also have a 12-step programme designed to tackle their obsession. Sign up here. An executive coach ...